she said what she was told to say whether it was the white house or the cia. that wasn't susan rice misleading if someone was misleading. >> this is something that has to be investigated and, also, why did no one else who was in the loop go out there? these are things that need to be investigated. the point is this whole affair is a cloud over her name and her nomination. they're not the ones besmirching her reputation, her handling of it did. and nominating someone who sparked so little confidence would be an intentionally provocative act on the part of the president. i think what you saw yesterday is the president is itching for a fight with congress. he's talking about nominating john kerry as secretary of defense and susan rice, a woman who misled the american people about a terrorist attack, as secretary of state. that is the -- those would be the acts of a man who is itching for a fight with the republican congress on foreign policy. megyn: i do want to say this, simon, is -- so he has this liberal think tank called nxn, and at ndn.org if you go to simon